| Apr-28-09 | | Udit Narayan: Peter Leko the attacking genius! |
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| Apr-28-09 | | jon01: 28. ...Nxf5?? was the last and the biggest blunder in this game. |
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| Apr-28-09 | | bangkokgambit: This game will be a Wednesday puzzle someday LOL. |
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| Apr-28-09 | | dhotts: Doesn't 21...c5 improve Black's chances? |
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| Apr-28-09 | | Marmot PFL: 24...g5 is hard to explain. Until then black was solid enough, just passive. If he didn't like the pawn on h6, he should have stopped it with 17...h5. his cure was much worse than the disease. Instead of 24...g5, Nf6 or b5 and Rd8 look ok. |
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| Apr-29-09 | | gorash: I'm always pleased to see the Petroff collapse. Especially after such a solid-looking position like after 16.Rxe3 |
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| Apr-29-09 | | dehanne: Leko destroying the Petroff? How ironic. |
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| Apr-29-09 | | shintaro go: 30..Kxh7 31. Bxf5+ then 32. Qxd4 |
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| Apr-29-09 | | Atking: <dhotts: Doesn't 21...c5 improve Black's chances?> No because 22.g5 wins a pawn with a better position. Indeed a typical of Leko. More deep than its appearance. 17.h4! is simple and good. An automatic 17...h5 couldn't help as 18.g4! is still strong. Almost agree with <Marmot PLF> 24...g5? looks to much weakening. The resulting position (A wide open king side clearly favors White). 24...b5 or 24...Nf6 were better but white pawn on h6 is still very annoying. For example 24...b5 25.Bb3 a5 26.c4 a4 27.c5 Qd7 28.Bd1 (Looking to c6 or d5 by the Bishop is one hidden idea of the game. Previously Bd3~Bg2 was possible) 28...Rd8 29.Bf3 Qxd4 30.QxQd4 RxQd4 31.Bxc6 Rxg4+ 32.Kf1 b4 (32...Nxh6 33.Bxb5 Rb4 34.c6!) 33.Bd5! b3 34.axb axb 35.Bxb3 Rb4 36.Bxf7 Nxh6 37.Bd5 B>>N 24...Nf6 looks more solid 25.Qf4 Ng8 (25...Nd5? 26.BxNd5 cxBd5 27.Re8!!) 26.g5 f6 27.Re4 QxQf4 28.RxQf4 Rd8 29.Re4! fxg 30.BxNg8 KxBg8 31.Re7 Rxd4 32.Rg7+ Kf8 33.Rxb7 a5 34.Rxh7 Kg8 35.Rg7+ Kh8 36.Rg7+ Kh8 37.Rxg6 Rg4+ 38.Kh2 c5 39.Rg7 Rc4 40.Ra7 with an edge. My question is why Black didn't play back 22...Nd7? Rook moves and dxc4 ~Qxd4 the centralized queen prove to be a good defender. For example 23.Re1 dxc 24.Bxc4 Qxd4 25.Bxf7 Nf6 (Of course not 25...Ne5?? 26.Qf6 mate Still 25...Qf6?! is dubious 26.QxQf6+ NxQf6 27.Be6 Re8 28.g5 Nd5 29.Kf1 Nf4 30.Bg4 RxRe1+ 31.KxRe1 3 moves to d4 the same to e7 but with a gain of tempo with Ke3 White K should got the e5 square and here again B>>N must decide) 26.Be6 Qd2 27.Qe3 Ne4! 28.QxQd2 NxQd2 29.Kg2 Nf3 30.Re3 Nd4 may draw without much difficulty. |
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| Apr-29-09 | | Eyal: <Atking: My question is why Black didn't play back 22...Nd7? Rook moves and dxc4 ~Qxd4 the centralized queen prove to be a good defender. For example 23.Re1 dxc 24.Bxc4 Qxd4 25.Bxf7 Nf6 (Of course not 25...Ne5?? 26.Qf6 mate Still 25...Qf6?! is dubious 26.QxQf6+ NxQf6 27.Be6 Re8 28.g5 Nd5 29.Kf1 Nf4 30.Bg4 RxRe1+ 31.KxRe1 3 moves to d4 the same to e7 but with a gain of tempo with Ke3 White K should got the e5 square and here again B vs N must decide) 26.Be6 Qd2 27.Qe3 Ne4! 28.QxQd2 NxQd2 29.Kg2 Nf3 30.Re3 Nd4 may draw without much difficulty.> White can improve in this line with 23.Re2 instead of Re1, to prevent ...Qd2 by Black later, but Black may also be able to improve with 25...Qf6 26.Qxf6+ Nxf6 27.Be6 g5 (instead of Re8). Shipov suggests 19...c6 (instead of Nf6) as a better plan for Black a few moves earlier, with the idea of 20.h6 b5, preventing c4 and fixing the pawn structure; I suppose that if White tries to prevent that with 20.a4, he would have problems on the Q-side after 20...a5 and Nb6. Btw, 29.Rxf5?? loses, of course, to 29...Qg6+, but 30.Bxf5 is also good enough to win instead of the more spectacular 30.Rxh7+; in this case, 30...Qd1+ fails to 31.Kg2 Rg8+ (31...Qxh5 32.Qe5+ Kg8 33.Be6+ winning the black queen) 32.Bg6! Qxh5 33.Qd4+ Rg7 34.Qxg7+ etc. |
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| Apr-29-09 | | Atking: Analysing this game today I was pratically sure you will answer to my question <Eyal>. Do you mean <25...Qf6 26.Qxf6+ Nxf6 27.Be6 g5 (instead of Re8).> with 23.Re2 or Re1 ? On this line (Re1) I was afraid that white could consolidate h6 by 28.f4!? gxf4 29.Kf2 before Black threats it (Or the exchange B=N) by Ng8 (The main idea of g5). For example 29...b5 30.Kf3 Re8 31.Kxf4 Nd5+ 32.Ke5 (Black is almost King down!) On Shipov 's suggestion <19...c6> 20.g5 looks preferable. I mean 20...b5 21.Qh3 xe6 or 20...Nb6!? 21.Qg4 with Qh4 and Rh3 |
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| Apr-29-09 | | Eyal: <Atking> Yeah, it's not easy for Black after your suggestion of 28.f4 in the 25...Qf6 line. In case of 19...c6 20.g5 Nb6 21.Qg4 Black might be ok after 21...Nc4, e.g. 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Re6 Qf4, or 22.Rh3 Re8 23.Qh4 Re7 24.hxg6 fxg6. |
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| Jan-03-10 | | notyetagm: Leko vs Kasimdzhanov, 2009 30 ?
click for larger view30 ♖h5xh7+! 1-0 <decoy: h7>
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30 ... ♔h8x♖h7 31 ♗e6x♘f5+
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click for larger viewLeko's 30 ♖h5xh7+! is a *great* example of the <DECOY> tactic. 30 ♖h5xh7+! <DRAGS> the Black h8-king onto the h7-square so that the <REMOVAL OF THE GUARD> 31 ♗e6x♘f5+ comes <WITH CHECK>. I am surprised that a superb tactician like Kasimdzhanov overlooked this tactical idea. <WETESCHNIK: PAY ATTENTION TO THE SQUARES NEXT TO YOUR PIECES> |
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| Feb-12-10 | | ToTheDeath: Very impressive attacking display. |
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| Nov-05-11 | | notyetagm: Game Collection: THE UNDERRATED REMOVAL OF THE GUARD -- Heisman |
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| Nov-05-11 | | notyetagm: Game Collection: DECOYS! DECOYS! DECOYS! DECOYS! DECOYS! DECOYS! |
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